Immigration

The 28th Amendment: Getting the Money Out of Politics

Staff / Truthdig Apr 25, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The movement to kill corporate personhood hits the road, Sonia Sotomayor dissents, the state of immigration reform, and Free Press tries to save the Internet from the FCC. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Triumph of the Immigrant American Spirit: Meb Keflezighi and the Boston Marathon

Juan Cole / Truthdig Apr 22, 2014 On Monday, Boston responded with its vigorous spirit of community and transcendence to the cowardly terrorism that marred the marathon in 2013, coming out in record numbers for this year's event. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

GOP Latino Strategies Clash: Sen. Ted Cruz Disses Jeb Bush’s ‘Immigration for Love’ Meme

Juan Cole / Truthdig Apr 8, 2014 Sen. Ted Cruz criticized Jeb Bush for appearing to downplay the rule of law in arguing that undocumented immigration to the U.S. is a crime of passion. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Diego Luna’s ‘Cesar Chavez’ Showcases the Power of Union Organizing and Immigrant Labor

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Mar 27, 2014 When Ronald Reagan famously ate grapes on television as governor of California in 1969, he was thumbing his nose at a growing movement for the rights of farmworkers. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Cesar Chavez: The Story of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things

Emily Wilson / Truthdig Mar 27, 2014 Diego Luna tells Truthdig he wanted to make a movie his Mexican-American son could look to for inspiration. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Rep. Alan Grayson (Video)

BLANK Mar 22, 2014 If the Democratic Party has an honorable future in America, it lies with firebrands of populism like Alan Grayson. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

What Happens to Immigrants When They’re Deported From the Only Homes They’ve Known?

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Mar 22, 2014 President Obama has broken the record for deporting undocumented immigrants from the United States. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Obama Is Trying to Vanish Us’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 14, 2014 As the number of deportations under President Obama approaches 2 million, hundreds have gathered at the U.S.-Mexico border this week to support a group of undocumented youths and families seeking re-entry into the United States. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Luis J. Rodriguez: From Gang Member to Governor?

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Mar 8, 2014 There is little that Luis J Rodriguez has not done in his life . Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Immigrant Views of Dubai, the ‘World’s Fastest Growing City’

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Feb 18, 2014 The city has a dark underbelly that includes harsh treatment of its immigrant labor force and an intolerance for criticism. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Western Europe’s Growing Resistance to Immigration

William Pfaff / Truthdig Feb 12, 2014 The immigration problem in Europe seems, to me, real but ill-understood. Switzerland is completely untypical, and comparisons with immigration in the United States are totally misleading. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

A Commander of the Dos Erres Massacre Squad Gets 10 Years in Prison

Staff / Truthdig Feb 11, 2014 A federal judge sentenced a former Guatemalan Army officer to the maximum 10 years in prison Monday for immigration crimes, ruling that the ex-commando obtained U.S. citizenship by concealing his role in the massacre of 250 men, women and children in a Guatemalan village in 1982. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )